A PROJECT called Size of Wales has been launched to save the African rainforest.

The scheme is being funded by Cardiff’s Waterloo Foundation which donates grants to organisations worldwide. It runs a forests programme targeted at stopping deforestation.

Organiser Nia Sterling said: “The coastal forests are so important for absorbing carbon, which is why we helped set up the Size of Wales project, protecting forests like these. They are home to an incredible number of species of wildlife – we saw giraffes, buffalo and elephants in one afternoon.”